Hello mudder, hello fadder we are off to camp...

Gramma Ila arrived last night and we are furiously packing up for 11 days on the road heading to Camp DeBenneville Pines. The camp is located in the San Bernardino Mountains at an elevation of 7000 ft. This is the camp where I came of age and had many of the most formative experiences of my youth. Gramma Ila brought us there in 1978 when I was 12 and Andy was 8 years old. Next week is Family Camp. Families from all over California and Arizona will be there and most will be the same "kids" that i played with almost 30 years ago. It will be a great reunion where we get to share the same spaces we haunted years ago and bring our own children together in a place that means so much to all of us. Gramma Ila and I are counselors running the craft table for the 8-10 year olds.